: characterized by self-awareness

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That candor tracks with the self-aware persona that built her YouTube audience in the first place. Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026 This revival and the characters themselves are more psychologically astute and self-aware. Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026 Millennials have a parenting style that has created the next generation of more self-aware children—kids who will become Gen-Z parents in the next coming decade. Brianne Hogan, Parents, 5 Apr. 2026 While Bright Lights is a clinically sound and narratively solid depiction of a sickness, this movie adaptation lacks the novel’s deliciously acerbic descriptions of New York’s sick social scene as well as its protagonist’s self-aware commentaries. Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for self-aware

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First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of self-aware was in 1924

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“Self-aware.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-aware. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

Medical Definition

self-aware

adjective
: characterized by self-awareness
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